BBC News - Kepler 22-b: Earth-like planet confirmed: "Astronomers have confirmed the existence of an Earth-like planet in the "habitable zone" around a star not unlike our own.
The planet, Kepler 22-b, lies about 600 light-years away and is about 2.4 times the size of Earth, and has a temperature of about 22C. It's the closest confirmed planet yet to one like ours - an "Earth 2.0".
However, the team does not yet know if Kepler 22-b is made mostly of rock, gas or liquid."
Now I'm not being pedantic but it's a tad disappointing not to know what to pack. And what if there's no beach or a good ale house? A bit more info about K22-b please and the marketing team will want a much catchier name too.
Oh yeah, and how far away is it? Going at the *speed of light it'll still take you 600 years to get there.
Well...that's further than the Antarctic so there'll be none of the ten day hols on offer and it would certainly be a waste for the kids to be whinging about, 'are we nearly there yet'?
Click on the link above for full article. (Illustrations: Copyright Control). * 670,616,629 mph.
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| Thankfully for any Earth 2 inhabitants, we on Earth 1 are around 6oo light-years away...so we won't be bringing to you our love of destruction, pestilence and plague any time soon! |
However, the team does not yet know if Kepler 22-b is made mostly of rock, gas or liquid."
Now I'm not being pedantic but it's a tad disappointing not to know what to pack. And what if there's no beach or a good ale house? A bit more info about K22-b please and the marketing team will want a much catchier name too.
Oh yeah, and how far away is it? Going at the *speed of light it'll still take you 600 years to get there.
Well...that's further than the Antarctic so there'll be none of the ten day hols on offer and it would certainly be a waste for the kids to be whinging about, 'are we nearly there yet'?
Click on the link above for full article. (Illustrations: Copyright Control). * 670,616,629 mph.
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